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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Village VoiceRob StaegerVillage VoiceRob StaegerWhat's the opposite of a jump scare? Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa has mastered it in the superb Creepy, revealing the upsetting details with such slow-build subtlety that you don't notice your skin crawling until it's halfway out the door.
- 90Screen DailyJonathan RomneyScreen DailyJonathan RomneyWhen the film shifts into territory less Hitchcockian than Lynchian – with a touch of Park Chan-wook’s Asian Gothic – the quiet confidence of Kurosawa’s approach has paid off, allowing him to vault into this more intense register. It’s not all just ghoulish fun, though: there’s a serious subtext here involving everyday evil.
- 90VarietyMaggie LeeVarietyMaggie LeeThe film supplies a headlong rush of tension and cruelty all the way to a gratifying final payoff.
- 83The Film StageGiovanni Marchini CamiaThe Film StageGiovanni Marchini CamiaTogether with the camera’s constantly creeping pans and dollies — as well as the bilious green tinge that permeates each frame — the film thus generates a sense of unease that intensifies very gradually and unremittingly, reaching an extreme pitch by the time of its denouement.
- 83The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyPerturbed and darkly funny.
- 80Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayCreepy uses silence as a tool of terror, following its characters through long, tense scenes where everything’s a little too quiet, and where each creak sounds like a scream. The director has always excelled at making the ordinary seem unsettling.
- 80The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisCreepy certainly works — looks and feels — like a horror movie, but it also has the conundrums of a detective story, the emotional currents of a domestic drama and the quickening pulse of a psychological thriller, a combination that creates a kind of destabilization.
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenIn terms of formal orchestration, Creepy is as sublime as any prior Kiyoshi Kurosawa film.
- 60CineVuePatrick GambleCineVuePatrick GambleUneven, convoluted and laden with far too many twists and turns Creepy sadly struggles to balance both terror and suspense, with any intrigue dissipating long before the film's secrets are eventually unravelled.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungAll of these ingredients should come together in a mouth-watering finale, but such is not the case; in fact, the film becomes more obvious and less psychological as it goes on.